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Brewed by Brouwerij De Ranke
Style: Sour Ale/Wild Ale
Dottignies/Dottenijs, Belgium
Serve in Snifter, Tulip, Tumbler

bottled
common

on tap
available

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RATINGS: 434   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.79   EST. CALORIES: 210   ABV: 7%
COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
Kriek de Rank is real Belgian sour ale fermented with cherries and then blended with real lambic. It is unfiltered and unpasterized. The de Rank brewery was founded by two good friends; Nino Bacelle & Guido Devose. To them, brewing is a weekend hobby, not an occupation. For a few hours every week they make small batches of what many consider the best specialty beers. Their beers are robust and flavorful. They use the best Hallertau and brewer’s Gold varieties of hops.

3.4
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
fredandboboflo (1570) - East Setauket, New York, USA - JUN 6, 2008
Bottle, 2005. I love my lambics/almost lambics, so I’ll never be rating such a beer all that low, but for me this one was pretty one-dimensional. Sour, sour, sour. Some cherry in the background in the aroma, but very little in the flavor other than sourness (although for better or worse depending on your tastes, quite the assaulting dose of sourness). A good drink, but at the same time a bit of a letdown.

3.8
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
LilBeerDoctor (2568) - East Setauket, New York, USA - JUN 5, 2008
Bottle, 2005. Pours a muddy brown/red with a small light tan head. Aroma is super sour, barnyard funk. Flavor is quite tart and sour with sour fruit (I can’t quite pick out cherries, just a general berry-like taste) and some oak/wood. The fruitiness keeps this from getting too sour. Even though I’m not really a fan of super sour beers, I actually enjoyed this a lot. A pleasant sour surprise.

3.4
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 13/20
UselessGdTaste (365) - Long Beach, California, USA - JUN 3, 2008
Very bright red. Very sour taste. Lots of vinegar. Not much cherry... I wish the depth of the cherry flavour was more evident. As it warmed, it did help, but it never got to where I really wish it would have gone.

3.8
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
Aubrey (3125) - Bellingham, Washington, USA - MAY 31, 2008
Big pink head; ruby-red hue. Bright nose; inhaling the releasing carbon dioxide almost burned my nose hairs off. Lively carbonation; champagne-like texture, though not as carbonated. Tart and acidic. Some vinegar. Bitter, salty finish. Faintly catty. Cherry notes were far in the background. Not bad, but I thought it needed some more spunk and funk, and I like it when the cherry is a bit more evident.

4
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
drewbeerme (3262) - Chicago, Illinois, USA - MAY 26, 2008
750ml bottle. thanks to holdenn for sharing. pours red with bright pink head. looks great! nose of cherries, bubblegum, a bit sour. flavors are cherry, bubblegum, oak, sour, vinegar. this is really nice.

4
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 17/20
Christian (8043) - Odense, DENMARK - MAY 24, 2008
Muddy (it was a gusher) red, with a disappearing pink head. Cherry, wood and almond aroma. Very tart with a good fruity flavour. Funky and very sour, extremely close to a lambic kriek.

4.2
   AROMA 9/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 17/20
wetherel (1837) - Encinitas, California, USA - MAY 12, 2008
Tasted at Bill’s Sour tasting. Easy to drink. Lots of cherry in the aroma. Yum! Mild sourness.

3.4
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
rickgordon (3758) - Göteborg, SWEDEN - MAY 12, 2008
ZBF 2008. Deep red-amber colour, with pale-pink head. Sweetish cherry stone aroma with woody notes and very gentle. Light sourish in flavour with cherries, and nicely tart. I did not find it very complex though. Still, very tasty!


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